Russian officials and media are reporting that Ukraine launched a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging at least two factories and forcing schools to close in a major city.
The Shot Telegram channel said Moscow downed more than 200 Ukrainian drones and five US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles.
Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of the Bryansk region in western Russia, said Ukraine had launched a major missile attack but did not say which missiles had been used.
The Russian defence ministry, which reports on such attacks, made no immediate comment.
In the Russian city of Engels, home to an airbase where Russia’s nuclear bombers are based, the regional governor said an industrial enterprise had been damaged by a drone but gave no more details.
Roman Busargin added that classes in schools in the cities of Saratov and Engels would be held remotely.
Russia launches 80 drones in overnight attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
Ukrainian air defence and mobile drone hunters shot down 58 of 80 drones launched by Russia in overnight attacks, according to the country’s air force.
It said 21 drones disappeared from radars, referring to how Kyiv uses electronic warfare to redirect them.
The drones were downed over 11 regions across Ukraine, it added.
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